In September of 2014, Scots voted in a referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom. Though the unionist vote won by a slim margin, the campaign had become much closer than expected. In a last-minute effort ...

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and analyze the short stories of Emilia Pardo Bazán. This nineteenth century Spanish writer uses narratives, historical retellings, fables, and other notable stylistic elements to ...

In this study, we investigated children’s understanding and production of the English complex possessive phrases. Children are able to learn language without any instruction other than what they hear from the adults around ...

Deaf children with cochlear implants often display delayed language acquisition. As a result, researchers refer to “hearing age,” the time elapsed since the implantation of hearing aids, in addition to chronological age, ...

The lysosomal cysteine protease cathepsin B is considered to be an attractive target for the synthesis of anticancer drugs due to its over-expression in cancerous cells and its involvement in tumor formation. Among its ...

In a Kenyan student’s life, poverty often brings with it malnutrition, disease, death of parents, and poor education. This study compared four primary schools in rural Kenya, one scoring an average of 492 out of 500 on the ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald is remembered as one of the most candid and influential writers of his era, the “Roaring Twenties.” From the swinging parties to the increased use of the automobile, Fitzgerald chronicled the dramatic ...

Criminal punishment practices in the United States have varied greatly in severity and purpose throughout their history. Nonetheless, prison practices have retained their basis in the theories of retribution and deterrence, ...

Lewis Carroll’s books "Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Looking Glass" have one of the fantasy genre’s greatest examples of a character learning to find her place in the world. They pose the question: how ...

During Easter Week of 1916, Dublin was caught off guard when nationalist militants barricaded themselves within key buildings throughout the city. Although the British military crushed this rising, the memory of what would ...

Through stories, humans deal with their fears. Horror stories in particular confront
the darkest aspects of humanity head-on and attempt to understand them. In my
screenplay, All's Fair In Love and Gore, I examine the ...

In a complex and technologically sophisticated healthcare system, the utilization of virtues which emphasizes the art of clinical practice is often eclipsed by the technical science of its practice. Consequently, the ...

In recent times, American Exceptionalism has become a major issue in United States elections, in particular the 2012 presidential election. In general terms, American Exceptionalism is the idea that there is something ...

Early farming communities located in the ancient Near Eastparticipated in unique mortuary practices throughout the Neolithic period (9300-4700 B.C.). These practices include a “skull cult,” which involved preserving and ...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a gastrointestinal disorder of growing interest, both in the United States and globally. In this thesis, I discuss and analyze various aspects of IBS, including the symptomology, potential ...

The protection of inherent rights has been one of the main concerns of the modern government. One of the key civil rights issues addressed under constitutions around the world is the protection of religious rights. These ...

In the past two decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been widely used to research and characterize neural activity in the brain based on measuring the hemodynamic response correlated to neuronal ﬁring. ...

Even before the Cold War, the Soviet Union put special emphasis on cultivating the appearance of modernity within their society in an attempt to promote socialism as the new political paradigm. Science, industry, and ...